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6 hrs ago | West Virginia Metro

Hold the Votes

Those with the West Virginia Chamber of Commerce say it's time for U.S. Senator Robert Byrd and U.S. Senator Jay Rockefeller and the other members of West Virginia's Congressional delegate to throw around some weight on Capitol Hill.

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Related Topix: US Senate, US Politics, Democrat, US News, West Virginia

Sun Nov 22, 2009

Herald-Mail

Byrd recognized on his birthday for service, highway funding

On his 92nd birthday, and two days after becoming the longest-serving member of Congress, Sen.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, Shelley Moore Capito, US Senate, Democrat, Charles Town, WV, Kearneysville, WV, Baker Heights, WV

Sat Nov 21, 2009

Huntington News

Celebrating a True West Virginia Living Legend: U.S. Sen. Robert C. Byrd

This week, West Virginia celebrated one of the most significant and monumental milestones in our state and nation's history, as U.S. Sen.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US Senate, Democrat, Virginia, West Virginia, Virginia Government, West Virginia Government

Examiner.com

Video: Five things that could go wrong for Democrats in tonight's health care reform vote

It would be a slight exaggeration to call today "D-Day" for health care reform but it is certainly big day nonetheless.

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Related Topix: US News, US Politics, Mary Landrieu, US Senate, Democrat, Blanche Lincoln, Max Baucus

The Intelligencer

Vote Against Health Care Bill

Less than a week after proposing a new 2,074-page health care bill, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid reportedly wants a vote on it today, or at least within the next few days.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, 2008 Presidential Election, Barack Obama, Sherrod Brown, US House of Representatives, Democrat, George Voinovich, US Senate, Republican

Fri Nov 20, 2009

West Virginia Metro

Metro News: The Voice of West Virginia

Representatives from the West Virginia Department of Transportation were joined by state and national leaders Friday to break ground on the newest section of West Virginia Route 9. West Virginia Governor Joe Manchin joined Senator Robert C. Byrd, Congresswoman Shelly Moore Capito and State Transportation Secretary Paul Mattox at the Washington High ...

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US Senate, Democrat, Virginia, West Virginia, Virginia Government, West Virginia Government, US Governors, Joe Manchin, Charleston, WV

The Frederick News Post

Lawmakers hope to bring federal training center to Eastalco site

Lawmakers are lobbying to bring a Bureau of Diplomatic Security training center to Frederick County, with the hope it will usher in hundreds of jobs.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US Senate, Democrat, Barbara Mikulski, Frederick, MD

The Thinker

Why do Republican Women LIE So Much?

Thursday, November 19, 2009 Maybe it's the Palin tour that's tipping the scales -- the documented, fact-checked lies in her book and her whining rebuttals mount by the day -- but even so, the scope and nature of female Republican lies is so much more outrageous than that of their male Republican counterparts.

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Related Topix: US News, Virginia Foxx, US Politics, Republican, US House of Representatives, US Senate, Democrat

Thu Nov 19, 2009

The Post Chronicle

Worried About U.S. Debt? Send Your Donation Here

Not sure what to give Uncle Sam this Christmas? How about a nice, fat check to help whittle away at the $7.6 trillion national debt? The U.S. Treasury Department accepts gifts, payable to the Bureau of the Public Debt.

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Related Topix: Prison, Life, Holidays, Christmas, US News, US Treasury, US Politics, US Senate, Democrat, Parkersburg, WV

KansasCity.com

Star Shots | Santa uses sanitizer, Minnesota tour bus crash, Opening of Parliament in London

Bishop Miege High School football coach Tim Grunhard talks to the team after practice Wednesday, Nov.

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Related Topix: US Politics, Representative Michele Bachmann, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, Minnesota, US Senate, Democrat, Representative Cathy McMorris Rodgers, Cathy McMorris

Wed Nov 18, 2009

WCHS

State and Nation Celebrate Senator Byrd's Accomplishments

Rudi Raynes Videographer: Jerry Criner Web Producer: Rudi Raynes Reported: Nov. 18, 2009 10:23 PM EST As West Virginia's leaders serenade Senator Robert C. Byrd at the state capitol, the senior senator couldn't attend because he was working on health care legislation in D.C. But the senate recognized his amazing career.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US Senate, Democrat, West Virginia, West Virginia Government, Prison

Tue Nov 17, 2009

Raw Story

Byrd to be longest-serving US lawmaker

Democratic Senator Robert Byrd becomes the longest-serving lawmaker in US history at midnight Wednesday, marking an unprecedented 20,774 days in office.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US Senate, Democrat, West Virginia, 2008 Presidential Election, Barack Obama

Medical News

Senate Democrats wait for CBO score, work to hold onto votes

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., is planning a "key test vote by the end of the week" on a health reform bill, according to Senate aides, Politico reports.

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Related Topix: US News, US Politics, US Senate, Democrat, Health

Free Republic

Sen. Robert Byrd to capture longevity record

When the clock strikes midnight tonight, Sen. Robert Byrd will become the longest-serving member of Congress ever - a capstone on a remarkable career in which the adopted son of a coal miner propelled himself from poverty to the pinnacle of legislative power, where he could, did and still does send billions of federal dollars back across the Blue ...

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US Senate, Democrat, West Virginia, West Virginia Government, US House of Representatives, Jesse Jackson

Mon Nov 16, 2009

AZCentral.com

End of a record for state's 'Silent Senator'

As the soft-spoken chairman of the powerful Senate Appropriations Committee and Senate president pro tempore, Carl Hayden was a legislative giant who was instrumental in the evolution of modern Arizona, with the 1968 creation of the Central Arizona Project water-delivery system perhaps his greatest achievement.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US House of Representatives, Representative Harry Mitchell, Democrat, US Senate, John McCain, Republican, Arizona, Congress, AZ

Sat Nov 14, 2009

Charleston Gazette

Sen. Byrd about to break record for longest time in Congress

On Wednesday, Sen. Robert C. Byrd is set to become the longest-serving member in the history of the U.S. Congress.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US Senate, Democrat, West Virginia, Charleston, WV, Charleston Metro

Fri Nov 13, 2009

WTAP-TV Parkersburg

W.Va. To Mark New Milestone For Sen. Byrd

U.S. Sen. Robert C. Byrd is already the longest-serving senator of all time, and he's ready to mark another milestone.

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Related Topix: US Senate, US Politics, Democrat, US News

Hit and Run

They Should Call the Town "Public Choice, West Virginia"

If you've ever asked a lefty friend why, if he's so fond of higher taxes and bigger government, he doesn't pay the government above and beyond what he owes in taxes, Reuters tracks down the place where you can tell your friend to send a check.

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Related Topix: US Senate, US Politics, Democrat, US News, Parkersburg, WV

Thu Nov 12, 2009

Reuters

Worried about U.S. debt? Send your donation here

Not sure what to give Uncle Sam this Christmas? How about a nice, fat check to help whittle away at the $7.6 trillion national debt? The U.S. Treasury Department accepts gifts, payable to the Bureau of the Public Debt.

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Related Topix: Prison, US News, US Treasury, US Politics, US Senate, Democrat, Parkersburg, WV

Charleston Daily Mail

The president should listen to the friendlies

THE hostility of President Obama's administration to coal - and the arrogant disinterest of his Environmental Protection Agency in the economic effects of its actions - have forced West Virginians to express themselves in an unprecedented way.

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Related Topix: West Virginia, Environmental Law, Law, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, US Politics, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, Shelley Moore Capito, US Senate, Democrat, Opinion

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